Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement.

Deadborn
(Dead"born`) a. Stillborn. Pope.

Deaden
(Dead"en) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. ddan to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.]

1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

As harper lays his open palm
Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.
Longfellow.

2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.

3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

Deadener
(Dead"en*er) n. One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

Dead-eye
(Dead"-eye`) n. (Naut.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; — used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye. Totten.

Deadhead
(Dead"head`) n.

1. One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.]

2. (Naut.) A buoy. See under Dead, a.

Dead-hearted
(Dead"-heart`ed) a. Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.Dead"- heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

Deadhouse
(Dead"house`) n. A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

Deadish
(Dead"ish), a. Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.

The lips put on a deadish paleness.
A. Stafford.

Deadlatch
(Dead"latch`) n. A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. Knight.

Deadlight
(Dead"light`) n. (Naut.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

Deadlihood
(Dead"li*hood) n. State of the dead. [Obs.]

Deadliness
(Dead"li*ness), n. The quality of being deadly.

Deadlock
(Dead"lock`) n.

Dead beat to Dean

Dead beat
(Dead` beat") See Beat, n., 7. [Low, U.S.]

Deadbeat
(Dead"beat`) a. (Physics) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; — said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.


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